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Draft National Food Security Bill: Explanatory Note
eSocialSciences; National Advisory Council NAC - 2011
food security. It supplements (i) the NAC recommendations on food security released on 23 October 2010; and (ii) the NAC … Framework Note on the Draft National Food Security Bill released on 21 January 2011.http://nac.nic.in/foodsecurity/explanatory_note.pdf …
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Genetic Engineering in Indian Agriculture An Introductory Handbook
Kuruganti, Kavitha - eSocialSciences - 2009
The handbook is prepared to create an informed public debate on Genetic Engineering in agriculture and this Introductory Manual is a contribution to this debate – a debate not just on GE in agriculture per se but on democratization of science and technology.
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Agricultural Credit - Accomplishments and Challenges
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2012
Agriculture’s share in GDP is less than 15 per cent but it still remains the direct domain of over half of the population whose economic prospects are linked to the performance of agriculture. There are many schemes taken by NABARD to improve the agricultural sector but there ahead which...
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World Programme of Action for Youth
UN, United Nations - eSocialSciences - 2010
This is a ready reference for organizations, youth policy practitioners and young people to the World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY), its 15 priority areas and their corresponding proposals for action. It also includes the means for implementation at the national, regional and...
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MDG-Based Poverty Reduction Strategy for West Bengal
Mukherjee, Subrata; Chakraborty, Achin - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of this paper is to examine the poverty situation in West Bengal in a multidimensional framework and to explore possible strategies towards reduction of poverty in the state, keeping in view the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). [IDSK OP 20].
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Trends in Diversion of PDS Grain
Khera, Reetika - eSocialSciences - 2011
This article estimates the proportion of grain "diverted" from the Public Distribution System (PDS) to the open market, using the well-established method of matching state offtake figures published by the government, with household purchase reported by the NSS. The limitations of this...
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Feedback received until 28th February, 2011 on the Framework note on NFSB
eSocialSciences; National Advisory Council NAC - 2011
towards preparing the draft National Food Security Bill, a detailed Framework Note has now been prepared by the Working Group …
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Ramadan Effect on Price Movements: Evidence from Pakistan
Akmal, Muhammad; Abbasi, Muhammad Usman - eSocialSciences - 2011
scenario analysis, has been applied on the monthly data for overall, food and non-food indices of consumer prices in Pakistan …
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Note on the Draft National Food Security Bill
Mander, Harsh - eSocialSciences - 2011
National Food Security Bill. After due deliberations and wide ranging consultations, the NAC finalized the details of the basic … framework of the proposed National Food Security Bill at its meeting held on 23 October, 2010. Based on the recommendations … already communicated to the Government, as a first step towards preparing the draft National Food Security Bill, a detailed …
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Tackling Water Scarcity in Bangladesh – A Lesson from the Country’s Rice Fields
Chowdhury, Nasima Tanveer - eSocialSciences - 2010
being used efficiently for the cultivation of one of the most important food crops in the country, boro rice. …
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